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Contents M a r i n e Geology Volume 110, 1993 Letter Section Marine deposits of late glacial times exposed by tectonic uplift on the east coast of Taiwan P.A. Pirazzoli (Meudon-Bellevue, France), M. Arnold (Gif-sur-Yvette, France), P. Giresse (Perpignan, France), M.L. Hsieh and P.M. Liew (Taipei, Talwan, ROC) ......................................................................................................................................
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Research Papers Sedimentary environments within a glaciated estuarine-inner shelf system: Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay HJ. Knebel (Woods Hole, MA, USA) ...................................................................................................................................... Slope stability and geotechnical properties of sediment of the southern margin of Ulleung Basin, East Sea (Sea of Japan) H.J. Lee, S.S. Chun, S.H. Yoon and S.R. Kim (Seoul, Korea) ................................................................................................. Planktonic foraminiferal assemblages in surface sediments from the southwest African continental margin J. Giraudeau (Cape Town, South Africa) .................................................................................................................................. Occurrence of marine mid-Cretaceous sediments along the Guinean slope (Equamarge II cruise): their significance for the evolution Of the central Atlantic African margin M. MouUade (Nice Cedex, France), J. Mascle (ViUefranche sur mer, France), J. Benkhelil (Perpignan, France), M. Cousin (Chamb~ry Cedex, France) and P. Tricart (Grenoble Cedex, France) ........................................................................................ The measurement of constituent concentrations in nonhomogeneous sediment suspensions using optical backscatter sensors M.O. Green (Cambridge, U.K.) and J.D. Boon, III (Gloucester Point, VA, U.S.A.) ................................................................ Amino acid racemization and radiocarbon dating of interstadial marine strata (oxygen isotope stage 3), Gulf St. Vincent, South Australia C.V. Murray-Wallace (Newcastle, Australia), A.P. Belperio (Eastwood, Australia), V.A. Gostin (Adelaide, Australia) and J.H. Cann (Salisbury East, Australia) ........................................................................................................................................ Geochemical study of sediments from northern Euboekos Bay, Greece, with regard to the presence of submarine mineral deposits F. Voutsinou-Taliadouri (Athens, Greece) and S.P. Varnavas (Patras, G~ece) ......................................................................... Quaternary sandy deposits and canyons on the Venezuelan margin and south Barbados accretionary prism J.C. Faug&es, E. Gonthier, R. Griboulard and L. Masse (Talence, France) ............................................................................. Gas-charged sediments on the inner continental shelf off western India S.M. Karisiddaiah, M. Veerayya, K.H. Vora and B.G.Wagle (Goa, India) ............................................................................... Influence of seabed topography on the distribution of manganese nodules and associated features in the Central Indian Basin: A study based on photographic observations R. Sharma and V.N. Kodagali (Goa, India) .............................................................................................................................. Coastal evolution, changes in sea level' and molluscan fauna in northeastern Argentina during the Late Quaternary J.O. Codignotto (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and M.L. Aguirre (La Plata, Argentina) ...............................................................
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Book Reviews Ocean Chemistry and Deep-Sea Sediments, by Open University Course Team--R. Chester ........................................................... Sedimentation in Volcanic Settings, by R.V. Fisher and G.A. Smith (Editors)--J.F. Luhr ............................................................. Gbologie des Marges Continentales, by G. Boillot--J. Mascle ......................................................................................................... Principles, Methods and Applications of Particle Size Analysis, by J.P.M. Syvitski (Editor)--R. Deigaard ..................................... Modern Planktonic Foraminifera, by Ch. Hemleben, M. Spindler and O.R. Anderson--B.M. Funnell .......................................... Stratigraphical Atlas of Fossil Foraminifera, by D.G. Jenkins and J.W. Murray (Editors)--E. Boltovskoy .................................... Marine Minerals in Exclusive Economic Zones, by D.S. Cronan--J.R. Hails ................................................................................. Sedimentology and Petroleum Geology, by K.O. Bjorlykke--J. Krster and H. Kulke .................................................................... On Biomineralization, by H.A. Lowenstam and S. Weiner--C. Sancetta ........................................................................................ Evaporites, Petroleum and Mineral Resources, by J.L, Melvin (Editor)--R.C. Selley ...................................................................... Physical Principles of Sedimentology. A Readable Textbook for Beginners and Experts, by K.J. Hsii--E.L. Hamilton ................... Physical Processes in Estuaries, by J. Droukers and W. van Leussen (Editors)--J. van de Kreeke ................................................ Basin Analysis, Quantitative Methods, by I. Lerche--K. Magara .................................................................................................... The Ocean Basins: Their Structure and Evolution, by the Open University Course Team--L. Carter ............................................. The BIRPS Atlas, by S.L. Klemperer and R. Hobbs (Editors)--R.O. Meissner ............................................................................
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Letter Section Late Quaternary evolution of coral reefs on a cool-water carbonate margin: the Abrolhos Carbonate Platforms, southwest Australia L.B. Collins, Z.R. Zhu, K.-H. Wyrwoll, B.G. Hatcher, P.E. Playford, J.H. Chen, A. Eisenhauer and G.J. Wasserburg .......... 203 Research Papers Carbonate cement fabrics displayed: A traverse across the margin of the Bahamas Platform near Lee Stocking Island in the Exuma Cays G.L. Whittle, C.G.St.C. Kendall, R.F. Dill and L. Rouch ........................................................................................................ A porosity mapping survey in Hecate Strait using a seafloor electro-magnetic profiling system S.J. Cheesman, L.K. Law and B.S. Louis .................................................................................................................................. The glacimarine sedimentary environment of Expedition Fiord, Canadian High Arctic R. Gilbert, A.E. Aitken and D.S. Lemmen ................................................................................................................................ Stratigraphy, sedimentology and engineering aspects of Holocene organo-calcareous silts, Suva Harbour, Fiji G.G. Shorten ............................................................................................................................................................................. Biological interference of optical backscatterance sensors in Tampa Bay, Florida D.H. Schoellhamer ..................................................................................................................................................................... Dynamics of sedimentation in a tide-dominated backbarrier salt marsh, Norfolk, U K J.R. French and T. Spencer ...................................................................................................................................................... Tidal asymmetry in suspended sand transport on a macrotidal intermediate beach M.A. Davidson, P.E. Russell, D.A. Huntley and J. Hardisty .................................................................................................... Upper intertidal rhythmites in the Mont-Saint-Michel Bay (NW France): Perspectives for paleoreconstruction B. Tessier .................................................................................................................................................................................... Overpassing and armouring phenomena on gravel beaches F.I. lsla ..................................................................................................................................................................................... Geological reconstruction of Fangataufa atoll, South Pacific H. Guillou, R. Brousse, P.Y. Gillot and G. Guille .................................................................................................................... Neogene oceanographic variations recorded in manganese nodules from the Somali Basin V.K. Banakar, R.R. Nair, M. Tarkian and B. Haake ............................................................................................................... Distribution patterns of Recent planktonic foraminifera in surface sediments of the western continental margin of India P. D. Naidu ...............................................................................................................................................................................
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Contents M a r i n e Geology Volume 110, 1993 Letter Section Marine deposits of late glacial times exposed by tectonic uplift on the east coast of Taiwan P.A. Pirazzoli (Meudon-Bellevue, France), M. Arnold (Gif-sur-Yvette, France), P. Giresse (Perpignan, France), M.L. Hsieh and P.M. Liew (Taipei, Talwan, ROC) ......................................................................................................................................
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Research Papers Sedimentary environments within a glaciated estuarine-inner shelf system: Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay HJ. Knebel (Woods Hole, MA, USA) ...................................................................................................................................... Slope stability and geotechnical properties of sediment of the southern margin of Ulleung Basin, East Sea (Sea of Japan) H.J. Lee, S.S. Chun, S.H. Yoon and S.R. Kim (Seoul, Korea) ................................................................................................. Planktonic foraminiferal assemblages in surface sediments from the southwest African continental margin J. Giraudeau (Cape Town, South Africa) .................................................................................................................................. Occurrence of marine mid-Cretaceous sediments along the Guinean slope (Equamarge II cruise): their significance for the evolution Of the central Atlantic African margin M. MouUade (Nice Cedex, France), J. Mascle (ViUefranche sur mer, France), J. Benkhelil (Perpignan, France), M. Cousin (Chamb~ry Cedex, France) and P. Tricart (Grenoble Cedex, France) ........................................................................................ The measurement of constituent concentrations in nonhomogeneous sediment suspensions using optical backscatter sensors M.O. Green (Cambridge, U.K.) and J.D. Boon, III (Gloucester Point, VA, U.S.A.) ................................................................ Amino acid racemization and radiocarbon dating of interstadial marine strata (oxygen isotope stage 3), Gulf St. Vincent, South Australia C.V. Murray-Wallace (Newcastle, Australia), A.P. Belperio (Eastwood, Australia), V.A. Gostin (Adelaide, Australia) and J.H. Cann (Salisbury East, Australia) ........................................................................................................................................ Geochemical study of sediments from northern Euboekos Bay, Greece, with regard to the presence of submarine mineral deposits F. Voutsinou-Taliadouri (Athens, Greece) and S.P. Varnavas (Patras, G~ece) ......................................................................... Quaternary sandy deposits and canyons on the Venezuelan margin and south Barbados accretionary prism J.C. Faug&es, E. Gonthier, R. Griboulard and L. Masse (Talence, France) ............................................................................. Gas-charged sediments on the inner continental shelf off western India S.M. Karisiddaiah, M. Veerayya, K.H. Vora and B.G.Wagle (Goa, India) ............................................................................... Influence of seabed topography on the distribution of manganese nodules and associated features in the Central Indian Basin: A study based on photographic observations R. Sharma and V.N. Kodagali (Goa, India) .............................................................................................................................. Coastal evolution, changes in sea level' and molluscan fauna in northeastern Argentina during the Late Quaternary J.O. Codignotto (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and M.L. Aguirre (La Plata, Argentina) ...............................................................
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Book Reviews Ocean Chemistry and Deep-Sea Sediments, by Open University Course Team--R. Chester ........................................................... Sedimentation in Volcanic Settings, by R.V. Fisher and G.A. Smith (Editors)--J.F. Luhr ............................................................. Gbologie des Marges Continentales, by G. Boillot--J. Mascle ......................................................................................................... Principles, Methods and Applications of Particle Size Analysis, by J.P.M. Syvitski (Editor)--R. Deigaard ..................................... Modern Planktonic Foraminifera, by Ch. Hemleben, M. Spindler and O.R. Anderson--B.M. Funnell .......................................... Stratigraphical Atlas of Fossil Foraminifera, by D.G. Jenkins and J.W. Murray (Editors)--E. Boltovskoy .................................... Marine Minerals in Exclusive Economic Zones, by D.S. Cronan--J.R. Hails ................................................................................. Sedimentology and Petroleum Geology, by K.O. Bjorlykke--J. Krster and H. Kulke .................................................................... On Biomineralization, by H.A. Lowenstam and S. Weiner--C. Sancetta ........................................................................................ Evaporites, Petroleum and Mineral Resources, by J.L, Melvin (Editor)--R.C. Selley ...................................................................... Physical Principles of Sedimentology. A Readable Textbook for Beginners and Experts, by K.J. Hsii--E.L. Hamilton ................... Physical Processes in Estuaries, by J. Droukers and W. van Leussen (Editors)--J. van de Kreeke ................................................ Basin Analysis, Quantitative Methods, by I. Lerche--K. Magara .................................................................................................... The Ocean Basins: Their Structure and Evolution, by the Open University Course Team--L. Carter ............................................. The BIRPS Atlas, by S.L. Klemperer and R. Hobbs (Editors)--R.O. Meissner ............................................................................
177 178 179 180 181 181 183 183 184 185 187 189 191 191 192
7 31 47
63 73
83 93 115 143
153
422 Current Titles in Marine Geology ......................................................................................................................................................
195
Letter Section Late Quaternary evolution of coral reefs on a cool-water carbonate margin: the Abrolhos Carbonate Platforms, southwest Australia L.B. Collins, Z.R. Zhu, K.-H. Wyrwoll, B.G. Hatcher, P.E. Playford, J.H. Chen, A. Eisenhauer and G.J. Wasserburg .......... 203 Research Papers Carbonate cement fabrics displayed: A traverse across the margin of the Bahamas Platform near Lee Stocking Island in the Exuma Cays G.L. Whittle, C.G.St.C. Kendall, R.F. Dill and L. Rouch ........................................................................................................ A porosity mapping survey in Hecate Strait using a seafloor electro-magnetic profiling system S.J. Cheesman, L.K. Law and B.S. Louis .................................................................................................................................. The glacimarine sedimentary environment of Expedition Fiord, Canadian High Arctic R. Gilbert, A.E. Aitken and D.S. Lemmen ................................................................................................................................ Stratigraphy, sedimentology and engineering aspects of Holocene organo-calcareous silts, Suva Harbour, Fiji G.G. Shorten ............................................................................................................................................................................. Biological interference of optical backscatterance sensors in Tampa Bay, Florida D.H. Schoellhamer ..................................................................................................................................................................... Dynamics of sedimentation in a tide-dominated backbarrier salt marsh, Norfolk, U K J.R. French and T. Spencer ...................................................................................................................................................... Tidal asymmetry in suspended sand transport on a macrotidal intermediate beach M.A. Davidson, P.E. Russell, D.A. Huntley and J. Hardisty .................................................................................................... Upper intertidal rhythmites in the Mont-Saint-Michel Bay (NW France): Perspectives for paleoreconstruction B. Tessier .................................................................................................................................................................................... Overpassing and armouring phenomena on gravel beaches F.I. lsla ..................................................................................................................................................................................... Geological reconstruction of Fangataufa atoll, South Pacific H. Guillou, R. Brousse, P.Y. Gillot and G. Guille .................................................................................................................... Neogene oceanographic variations recorded in manganese nodules from the Somali Basin V.K. Banakar, R.R. Nair, M. Tarkian and B. Haake ............................................................................................................... Distribution patterns of Recent planktonic foraminifera in surface sediments of the western continental margin of India P. D. Naidu ...............................................................................................................................................................................
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Erratum ...........................................................................................................................................................................................
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213 245 257 275 303 315 333 355 369 377 393